{"product_id":"2940014246170","title":"Quicklet on Jon Krakauer's Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Cliffsnotes-Like Book Summary \u0026 Commentary)","description":"Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Hyperink Quicklet is over 6,500 words and includes an overall summary, chapter commentary, key characters, literary themes, fun trivia, and recommended related readings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE BOOK \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer is an anthology of articles published by various magazines during the mid-to-late 1980s. This collection consists of his earliest works, predating the books that launched him to the top of the bestseller list: Into The Wild (1996), and Into Thin Air (1997) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKrakauer does an admirable job of addressing the central issues so even the casual hiker can appreciate his passion, as climbing is a sport that can be hard to appreciate without spending a good deal of time hanging around climbers. Krakauer skillfully avoids getting too wrapped up in technical terms and esoteric knowledge; his narrative voice is well-developed. He has an elegant writing style that carries the reader like a raft floating along a deep river. A skilled wordsmith, he likes long and sometimes complex sentences  yet he puts them together so skillfully you rarely lose the point. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes the stories so accessible to climbers and non-climbers alike is Krakauers ability to place the human element at the front and center of each tale. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEET THE AUTHOR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnita Tsuchiya is el presidente y peon of Sabaku, Inc., a marketing services company that provides writing, editing, research, analysis and consulting for a diverse assortment of clientele. The loves of her life are split into two seasons: during the fall\/winter she pursues a degree in Japanese language, and spends spring\/summer joyfully immersed in the sights, sounds and smells of minor league baseball. A retired speed-freak and super-jock, her current life is moderately active. She grew up in the Bay Area of California, and her almae matres include San Leandro High and U.C. Davis. In fact, she remembers what San Jose looked like before Silicon Valley. Now happily settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, she shares her home with a pair of mixed-mutt bundles of canine goodness named Molly and Linus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPT FROM THE BOOK \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKrakauer's strength as a writer lies in his ability to personalize the many characters who populate the sport of climbing. He gives us folks we can relate to on a human scale even if we don't quite understand their odd fixation with danger. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to his skillful portraiture, it doesn't take long to start wondering: whatever happened to those outrageous Burgess twins? Has Richard Fisher come out of hiding from the gullies of Arizona? Did Adrian the Romanian finally make it to the top of Mt. McKinley, and more importantly, did he make it back down in one piece? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Burgess boys managed to survive their youthful indulgences. They even wrote a book about their adventures, climbing and otherwise. And they've lost none of their cheekiness, as they point out in the acknowledgement, We especially thank those who held regular jobs so that civilization, as we know it, didn't fall apart while we went climbing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuy a copy to keep reading!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER OUTLINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuicklet On Jon Krakauer’s Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains\u003cbr\u003e  + About the Book\u003cbr\u003e  + About Jon Krakauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArticle Summaries\u003cbr\u003e  + Eiger Dreams\u003cbr\u003e  + Gill\u003cbr\u003e  + Valdez Ice\u003cbr\u003e  + On Being Tentbound\u003cbr\u003e  + ...and much more","brand":"Hyperink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080077295856,"sku":"2940014246170","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014246170_p0.jpg?v=1763604018","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014246170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}